I really can’t handle another “You’re Fired” joke

Renowned Orange Supremacist Donald Trump was slated to drive the pace car for the 100th anniversary Indy 500, but fans — led by Indianapolis attorney Michael Wallack — raised a stink about it, arguing that he is “too politically motivated.”

Wallack had this to say about Trump:

I have no problem if Trump dislikes President Obama or his policies. But to step over the line into the realm of conspiracy-mongering is not good for politics or for America. And it should not be rewarded with the honor of driving the pace car at the Indianapolis 500.

“I very much appreciate the honor, but time and business constraints make my appearance there, especially with the necessary practice sessions, impossible to fulfill,” Trump said. “I look forward to watching the race from New York.”

Regarding whether the criticism lobbed at Trump was politically motivated, one of Trump’s aides was all, “DUH!”:

Earlier today, an aide to the New York real estate developer said Trump would not give up the pace car post and said the criticism was politically motivated.

“Of course it is, of course it is,” said Michael Cohen, an executive vice president and special counsel to Trump, said in an interview this morning with The Indianapolis Star.

Although there have been political figures (like Colin Powell) serve as the celebrity driver, there has never been an active prospect for president drive the pace car. Cohen said Trump has not officially declared his intention to run for the office.

Cohen also took issue with a group of local Baptist ministers who want Trump replaced because of what they say are his racist comments related to Trump’s push for President Obama to release his birth certificate and school records.

“This debate stems from unfounded, incorrect and malicious lies that Donald Trump has a racial bias toward the president,” said Cohen. “Nothing could be further from the truth; Donald Trump doesn’t have a racist bone in his body.”

Yeaaah. He’s not racist at all! Except for when he is! Which is, like, all the time!

I haven’t been able to figure out the timeline of events regarding the Indy 500 shenannies (time stamps on blog posts are quite unreliable), but it seems that the decision to give Trump the pace car gig was not made by Indy 500 muckity-mucks, but rather by Chevrolet and Izod, the companies sponsoring the race. And just as Groupon pulled its advertising from the website for The Apprentice due to consumer outcry, it is likely that Chevrolet and Izod would have gotten an earful from consumers. I imagine that Trump pulled out rather than being kicked out. One might say that there would be hell toupée if Trump hadn’t pulled out.1

…aaaand now I have to go vomit a little for using the term “pulled out” in conjunction with “Donald Trump.”

We won! I don’t follow any sports at all, but someone emailed me a link to take a local newspaper vote on this, and I did. I bet my vote turned the tide.
Don’t jeer. I take my victories where I find them:)

My, that’s a pretty picture of The Donald. And a fitting slogan — I think you might owe someone, a Balloon Juice commenter maybe, a h/t.

I’m not even sorry for this pun. So there.

Nor should you be. The world would be better off if this high-toned grifter were to slowly become radioactive even as he launched a misguided presidential candidacy. And watching his downfall would be so much sweeter.

Stopped by a liquor store last weekend and saw a bottle of Trump vodka on the shelf. Square black container with a big gold T for a label. Claimed to be the finest in the world, or some related BS. Imported from Holland, by the way. Needless to say I wouldn’t willingly put a penny in that clown’s pocket.

The Indy 500 is a start. I’d like to see him “pull out” of our lives completely. Go back to being a shitty real estate mogul and TV moron. The off switch on my TV works great and I ain’t buying any NYC high rise property, so I shouldn’t have to hear from or about this racist POS at all.
BTW his comb over is in a tie for the worst I’ve ever seen. Old guy on a plane, 3, yes I said 3 strands of about 10 hairs each, with a length of about 10 inches on another wise bald noggin. Looked glued down. Not superglue, epoxy.

I went crew cut a week later. I’m not risking anyone everyone laughing behind/or not so much my back for something that vapid/stupid.

Thanks for making me laugh, ABL. Back home after a rough day out, feeling like crap, lying on the bed with the ‘puter, click onto BJ and see some 400+ post thread with Greenwald’s name on it and I ain’t even gonna open that sucker. Nuh uh. I’ll just hang out up here, all safe from the septic tank backup washing over everyone’s ankles down there. Yeesh.

I think you’re asking the wrong question. I think he has horrible hair because all the money he has enables him to surround himself with people who won’t tell him he looks like an ass. Yes-men all around, no one to show him his hair in the mirror.

Get it announced by morning radio show DJ’s. Make the races air after 9 pm Eastern time US so that they can more easily use curse-words.

Digitally substitute American flags over the hosting country, except the one race every year or so in the USA.

Cut down on rules about naughty track behavior and fuel-saving engine restrictions. Make the designs look more typical to American viewers’ preferences, like NASCAR or with XTREME custom design and paint jobs.

Every year have a live competition with aspiring F1 racers competing and then coming up to be judged by a celebrity panel, with F1 drivers and judges, but also by actors or actresses and popular athletes from other sports.

@El Cid: ahh hell, you just hook up with the private prison industry and set up new races in places like San Diego, Yuma, Nogales, El Paso, Laredo and Brownsville and use illegal immigrants, those people who survive get citizenship… see the land of opportunity and serving the bloodlusty needs of the American Public! Win! and Profit! besides, it hardly rains out here, so no worries about race rescheduling

And Sarah Palin. They’re sideshows and their “sell by” date has passed.

NYTimes: 44 GOP senators sign on to letter: they won’t approve head for Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because that person would have too much power.

Neither Lisa Murkowski nor Scott Brown signed the letter.

The purpose of the new federal watchdog is to protect consumers from problems with mortgages, credit cards and other financial products, but Republicans contend that both the agency and its director would have too much power.

“The bureau, as currently structured, lacks any semblance of the checks and balances inherent in the Constitution,” said Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. “Everyone supports consumer protection, but we should never entrust a single person with this much power and public money.”

Shelby also cautioned against the possibility that Obama might appoint a temporary director when Congress is in recess as a way to avoid Senate confirmation.

“Senate confirmation is about accountability and giving the American people a voice in the process,” Shelby said. “I would hope the president won’t silence the people’s voice.”

I wonder if there’s any way to contact developments and complain to them about Trump’s trashy name so they’ll stop licensing it out for their properties. At this point, all he’s selling is his personal brand, not actual real-estate deals.

@piratedan: Yeah, but F1’s got to keep somewhat of the smaller lightweight cars. If you want to do the Deathrace, there’s always Dirt Track America, and those are filled with tough handmade cars with big tires slinging dirt and mud and with wild ass Real America fans there.

Man, fuck GM. They are bound and determined to ruin IndyCar (with the help of chief CART bungler Roger Penske).

Next year IndyCar is set to introduce a new Dallara chassis, new engine suppliers (GM and Lotus joining Honda) and new aero-kits made by the engine and chassis manufacturers so that all the cars don’t look exactly the same. This is something fans have been clamoring for for decades now and is the best thing that could happen since the CART/IRL merger.

Guess which engine manufacturer is throwing a hissy fit about having to make an aero-kit?

As for F1… one Nazi buying it from another. Bernie Ecclestone is, after all, the rat bastard fuckwit who said Danica Patrick “should dress in white like all the rest of the domestic appliances”. At least they’re both really, really fucking old.

And it’s not like the sport isn’t controlled by the FIA. You know, French Nazis. These are the moronic assholes who thought making Sebastian Loeb shave during rallies was the best way to increase WRC viewership rather than perhaps having more than two manufacturers involved in the sport.